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“Life on the Boundary” at 19th annual Sitka Whalefest

The Sitka Sound Science Center’s annual festival of all things marine brings cultural and community activities, knowledgeable researchers…

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Organized Village of Kasaan begins fund-raising for Naay I’waans rededication event

KASAAN — The Organized Village of Kasaan recently began fund-raising efforts in support of a re-dedication event for…

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Alaska Arts Confluence to present First Friday with Joe Ordonez

HAINES — The Alaska Arts Confluence in Haines will host a First Friday book signing of “Where Eagles…

Bill Fawcett, 91, speaks during an elders panel discussion on boarding schools during the "Sharing Our Knowledge" conference at Centenial Hall on Friday.

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‘Sharing Our Knowledge’ conference highlights crucial role of Tlingit elders

The full name of last week’s Tlingit Clan Conference, inspired by original organizer Andy Hope III, is “Sharing…

Daphne Wright, standing left, watches as Tlingit speakers demostrate how to play a game similar to "Go Fish" to improve their Tlingit language skills during the "Sharing Our Knowledge" conference at Centennial Hall on Thursday. The conference of Tlingit tribes and clans ran Oct. 28-Nov. 1.

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Haa Saax’ú, Haa Latseení (Our Names, Our Strength)

Salmon streams, herring hotspots, and points, islands and settlements around Southeast Alaska have carried Tlingit names for thousands…

Downtown Juneau streetscape.

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Art in Unusual Places

Art in Unusual Places The CCW welcomes reader-submitted images of art in unusual or unexpected places. Photographers of…

Mark Vinsel and Dianne Anderson will be the featured artists at the Juneau Artists Gallery.

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November First Friday Art Walk

Here’s a look at what’s going on for the First Friday Art Walk in downtown Juneau this week,…

A still from "This Changes Everything."

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Film Series raises awareness in advance of Paris climate talks

When international leaders meet in Paris at the end of this month to discuss a universal agreement on…

Alaska Skaflestad and Randy Roberts are the Hoonah high school students involved in the coastal subsistence survey project, interviewing ten resource users about coastal subsistence in their home community.

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Coastal subsistence study: The faces behind the findings

In October, Capital City Weekly’s Mary Catharine Martin reported on an impressive region-wide effort to document and understand…

Tlingit elder Marie Olson listens to recordings gathered as part of the Juneau LIbrary's ongoing Story Corps project, which focuses us Alaska Native experiences.

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StoryCorps excerpt: ‘I want my son to know who he is’

As part of last week’s Tlingit Clan Conference at Centennial Hall, the Juneau Public Library set up a…

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SHI to sponsor lectures for Native American Heritage Month

Sealaska Heritage Institute will sponsor its annual noon lecture series to celebrate Native American Heritage Month and Walter…

Writer Ernestine Hayes, author of "Blonde Indian," reads from her forthcoming memoir, whose working title is "The Dao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir," during the "Shaped by the North" panel discussion in Juneau on Sept. 24.

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Book review: Ernestine Hayes’ ‘Blonde Indian

“Blonde Indian: An Alaska Native Memoir” by Ernestine Hayes. 173 pages, 2006, University of Arizona Press, $16.95  …

Found shoes at the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau. One of the book's five sections, into which this photo fits, is "relics."

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‘Southeast Alaska: A Photographic Passage’

In “Southeast Alaska: A Photographic Passage,” float houses and boat harbors appear through mist; oyster catchers stare through…

A team of researchers recording the sounds of whales in Alaska’s Arctic have recorded humpback whales singing in the Chukchi Sea, something previously thought to happen only in tropical waters.

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Oceanographers find whalesong in Arctic waters

A team of researchers recording the sounds of whales in Alaska’s Arctic have recorded humpback whales singing in…

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Rising seas, peat may have done in large ice age animals

ANCHORAGE — Woolly mammoths and other large ice age mammals thrived in northern Alaska until environmental changes turned…

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Thunder Mountain Cross Country Team thanks Canton Asian Bistro

The Thunder Mountain Cross Country Team would like to thank Keith, Rod and all the folks at the…

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Senior menu

Juneau Senior Center Menu Monday, Nov. 2 Swedish Meatballs & Gravy Pasta Broccoli Tossed Salad Tuesday, Nov. 3…

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MRV Architects wins Merit Award for Walter Soboleff Center

MRV Architects won the Merit Award for their design of the Walter Soboleff Center as part of Alaska…

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Recent births

Recent births at Bartlett Regional Hospital • A daughter, Teagan Mae Ladd, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz., was…

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Flying Lions to hold diabetes fundraiser at McGivney’s

On Nov. 7, the Mendenhall Flying Lions Club will hold its 20th annual barbecue at McGivney’s Sports Bar…